breach

A whale breaching

Meanings

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
A breaking out upon; an assault.
A bruise; a wound.
A hernia; a rupture.
A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
A difference in opinions, social class etc.
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

To make a breach in.
To violate or break.
To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
To leap out of the water.
To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.

From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe and brǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz and *brēkō.

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